33 arrests in Belgium diamond heist

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Police arrest 33 suspects in connection with a diamond heist at Brussels Airport

People are detained in Belgium, Switzerland and France, Brussels prosecutor's office says

$50 million in rough and polished diamonds was stolen in the heist in February

More than 30 arrests have been made in the diamond heist last February at Brussels Airport and some of the stolen diamonds have been recovered, a spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor's office said Wednesday.

Police arrested 24 people Tuesday in Belgium, eight in Switzerland, and one in France, said Jean-Marc Meilleur, the office's spokesman. Police in Belgium raided about 40 houses in Brussels on Wednesday.